After setting records for the fastest climb to $2B and then $3B at the international box office, it was just a matter of time before Universal Pictures International set yet another benchmark. With recent titles like Minions and Jurassic World still making waves overseas, and with last week’s receipts factored in…

4th UPDATE, 1:05 PM PST: Disney had an explosive weekend worldwide. Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron ended up the weekend internationally with a cume of $439.8M on a weekend pull of $168.8M and it hasn’t yet hit China. To date, its worldwide cume is now $631.1M, upped by the better than expected domestic take…

It’s finally here. The first trailer has dropped for Furious 7. The Universal sequel has had a long and emotional road following the death of star Paul Walker, but filming wrapped in July with the help of Walker’s brothers, Caleb and Cody. James Wan is directing this installment of the blockbuster series, which again…

UPDATE: Marketing pulled a Jesse and hit the nitrous early with a Facebook post this a.m. celebrating the final shot filmed on Fast & Furious 7. “…about to cross the finishing line… Social media likes to jump the gun. #stillfilming,” director James Wan (@creepypuppet) Tweeted this afternoon, hours after the…

The franchise sequel had the April 10 date all to itself, but Universal said today that it’s moving the film’s release ahead a week to Easter weekend. Fast & Furious 7 now is set for April 3, which gives it an extra weekend of play before the April 17 debut of Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. F&F7‘s new opening-weekend…

Latin-American singer Romeo Santos is revving up for a role in Universal’s Fast & Furious 7. The chart-topping, Grammy-nominated musician and former lead singer of the Bachata group Aventura was joined Thursday night onstage at his sold-out Staples Center concert in Los Angeles by Fast & Furious franchise star Vin Dies…

The film’s official Facebook page unveiled that Paul Walker‘s brothers Caleb and Cody will help complete his action scenes on Universal’s Fast & Furious 7. The note says Walker had completed his dramatic work on the latest film in the lucrative franchise before he was killed in a car crash in November in Santa…

Fast & Furious‘ Lucas Black is set to co-star opposite Scott Bakula and Zoe McLellan in CBS' NCIS planted spinoff. Executive produced by NCIS showrunner Gary Glasberg and star Mark Harmon, the spinoff is set at the NCIS New Orleans office, which handles cases from Pensacola through Mississippi and Louisiana to the…

Catch up on your holiday news with Deadline’s best film stories of the week: Christmas Box Office: Weekend Up 10% On More Movies In Marketplace, 'Hobbit,' 'Frozen,' Together Take 34% Out Of Weekend, 'Anchorman 2,' 'Hustle,' 'Wolf' Follow By Anita Busch – What a weekend. Box office was up overall about 10% from a year…

UPDATE: Universal has formally announced the new 2015 release date for Fast & Furious 7, after Vin Diesel revealed it on his Facebook page. The studio has also given a sense that the late Paul Walker’s character will remain part of the movie, an outcome that was among the wildly speculative reporting that followed his…

The jockeying by the studios to get the best playdates for their summer 2014  tentpolefare is continuing with 20th Century Fox moving the release date of its 3D offering Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes up a week from July 18 to July 11. By doing so, it gives the picture another week in the marketplace before moviegoers…

Catch up on Deadline’s best film stories of the week: Emerging Star Gal Gadot Set To Play Wonder Woman In 'Batman Vs. Superman' By Mike Fleming Jr. – Warner Bros and Zack Snyder have found their Wonder Woman. They've cast Israeli-born actress Gal Gadot in the iconic role and she will be part of Batman Vs. Superman…